Madrid Masters: Medvedev reaches third round

Russian Daniil Medvedev, the second seed, advanced to the third round of the Madrid Masters by defeating Italian qualifier Andrea Vavassori 6-4, 6-3 at the Caja Magica on Saturday.

Medvedev, ranked No 3, will play Russian qualifier Alexander Shevchenko next.

In the previous round of the Madrid tournament, Vavassori, ranked No 164, won against Andy Murray (6-2, 7-6 (7)).

Madrid Masters, other second-round results (Caja Magica, clay, EUR 7.705.780, most recent results first):

• Dominic Thiem vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
• Yosuke Watanuki vs. Cameron Norrie
• Denis Shapovalov vs. Zhizhen Zhang
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Frances Tiafoe
• Francisco Cerundolo vs. Pedro Cachin
• Cristian Garin vs. Miomir Kecmanovic
• Taylor Fritz vs. Christopher O’Connell
• Sebastian Baez vs. Marcos Giron
• Bernabe Zapata Miralles vs. Daniel Evans
• Alex De Minaur vs. Marco Cecchinato
• Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Dusan Lajovic
• Aslan Karatsev vs. Botic van de Zandschulp
• Tommy Paul vs. Roman Safiullin: saturday
• Alexander Shevchenko beat Jiri Lehecka (31): 6-1, 6-1
• Jan-Lennard Struff vs. Ben Shelton: saturday
• Alexander Zverev (13) beat Roberto Carballes Baena: 6-7 (6), 7-5, 6-0
• Holger Rune (6) beat Alexander Bublik: 6-1, 4-6, 7-6 (9)
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (29) beat Albert Ramos-Vinolas: 6-3, 6-4
• Hubert Hurkacz (12) beat Richard Gasquet: 6-7 (9), 6-4, 7-5
• Hugo Grenier (Q) beat Sebastian Korda (22): 7-6 (5), 7-6 (7)
• Borna Coric (17) beat Hugo Gaston (WC): 6-3, 6-3
• Roberto Bautista Agut (20) beat Quentin Halys: 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-3
• Carlos Alcaraz (1) beat Emil Ruusuvuori: 2-6, 6-4, 6-2
• Karen Khachanov (10) beat Thiago Monteiro: 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
• Grigor Dimitrov (26) beat Gregoire Barrere: 7-6 (6), 7-6 (2)
• Andrey Rublev (5) beat Stan Wawrinka: 7-5, 6-4
• Yannick Hanfmann (Q) beat Lorenzo Musetti (15): 6-4, 7-6 (3)
• Daniel Altmaier (LL) beat Oscar Otte: 6-4, 7-5
• Jaume Munar beat Tallon Griekspoor (30): 7-6 (3) ret.
• Matteo Arnaldi (Q) beat Casper Ruud (3): 6-3, 6-4
• Yoshihito Nishioka (28) beat Alex Molcan: 5-7, 6-4, 6-4